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The new study is based on a large, diverse group of families at research sites across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It confirms the same research group’s 2011 findings about the likelihood of autism in siblings.
“Social workers are on the frontlines in responding to the Administration’s priorities, including meeting children’s mental health needs, responding to the opioid epidemic, and addressing maternal depression,” said HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson. “Today’s announcement is a critical step in helping social workers serve people in need, particularly in rural and underserved communities across the country.”
All the stories in CIO Views are paid for, a salesperson for the magazine confirmed. That’s despite the fact that none of the stories are labeled as such, and the publication in many ways presents as independent and journalistic…. Several publications stand ready to satisfy colleges’ demand for journalism-ish stories. Two university media-relations officers told The Chronicle they’re increasingly the targets of pitches from websites like CIO Views. Above: A selection of CIO Views covers
The North Carolina General Assembly passed a law in 2012 allowing the use of continuous alcohol monitoring systems as a condition for pretrial release or probation, to mitigate punishments for impaired driving offenses and to ensure compliance with child custody and visitation orders. These systems, commonly referred to as CAM bracelets, fit around the ankle similar to GPS-tracking ankle monitors that are often used as a condition for bail or probation. CAM bracelets monitor the presence of alcohol through the skin by testing samples of sweat every 30 minutes. Above: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®)
Réhabex’s roaming “Réhabus,” unveiled on Friday, will offer people access to a shower, laundry room, clothes, snack area and a private area to speak with a social worker…. Patrick Pilon, Réhabex’s general manager, said the project is a response to the fact that “[some] people to this day still do not have access to … basic needs for human dignity.”
By and large, public libraries have stayed public. One reason is that the private sector is hard-pressed to find a library substitute. Neoliberals gut public school budgets with the promise of so-called independent and charter schools, but in the case of libraries, personal books in private homes can’t approach the scale of what a library can offer, and no private infrastructure exists that could absorb the public work of the library. Beyond books, libraries offer storytime and play groups, film screenings and knitting classes, English language lessons and literacy training — all of it open to anyone in the community, all of it free at the point of use and participation. The programs are always changing and tightly linked to the changing needs and interests of the public. There is simply no private-sector mechanism for the production of public services at the scale of the library.
The standards will replace the current regime, which Social Work England inherited from the Health and Care Professions Council, in summer 2025, from when the regulator will use them to approve new courses and reapprove existing ones.
A total of 91% of directors reported that increased NHS pressures will lead to adult social care taking responsibility for services that previously would have been delivered by health providers.
The conservative Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is behind the lawsuit. Becket Fund successfully represented Michigan’s St. Vincent Catholic Charities in a case focused on whether religious foster care and adoption agencies can decline to work with same-sex couples. The suit names several defendants, including Gov. Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, Elizabeth Hertel, who serves as director of Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan boards of counseling, social workers and psychology and leaders at the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Ultimately, the suit asks the court to find that the law violates constitutional rights to free speech, free exercise and due process and seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting the state from enforcing the law.